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The Thought Police

34: Perception vs. reality

The Thought Police

The Thought Police

Soccer, Sports, News Commentary, Politics, News

4.5861 Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2019

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Mike and Matt return after a short period of illness for an in depth look at the latest news and how it's reported. Topics include Kay Burley, interviewing politicians, standing up to Terry Manners, religion not practising what it preaches and pigs in blankets. 

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0:00.0

The The Oh, So welcome back to another sparkling edition of Thought Police. We weren't here

0:51.5

last week because you weren't feeling very well which is

0:53.6

fair enough right yeah because you can't be well all the time no but I have to say you know my advice to you

0:59.1

was what yeah well you said you just said just drug yourself up and get through it and I was like no well you said

1:04.5

you didn't sound good as well which actually is not good I do sound a kind of croaky I

1:08.4

could barely talk but it was kind of it was a really heavy horrible sweaty chest thing.

1:13.2

Yeah no listen it's all sometimes it's the best thing is just to take a bit of time

1:16.6

Yeah I had to do a couple of breakfast shows last week because Julie Hart of Grimm's

1:20.4

Away. Unfortunately I didn't find out I was doing the first one until I was already out at a party for

1:26.7

Paul Henderson.

1:27.7

Oh yeah, is he retired from the Mary?

1:28.7

No he hasn't retired but he was celebrating believe it or not 50 years of working in journalism because he must have started.

1:35.1

What did you start?

1:36.1

He was seven or something.

1:37.1

Apparently he started when he was about 15.

1:39.1

Really?

1:40.1

Is he 65 now or something like that?

1:41.7

He's a terrific guy. He's a great guy.

1:43.4

And he's now kind of deputator of the dirty mirror. I think it's kind of for me to follow.

1:48.0

Brilliant. But I saw a lot of your old mates. Lloyd Emily was there.

1:50.3

Oh yeah. You know, Chris Hughes was there. I saw Nick Parker for the sun.

1:54.2

Yeah. In a whole bunch of people that hadn't seen Richard Cape in the mail.

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